Cricketers of the week: 5th March - 11th March

#5 Josh Hazlewood (Australia)

Hazlewood’s efficiency and control gave Australia a fighting chance

With McGrath-like efficiency, Hazlewood kept Australia in the game by picking up six wickets in the second innings on a pitch that had variable pace and bounce. Hazlewood cleaned up India’s middle-order included the big fish, Virat Kohli.

With the new ball on Day 4, he got Pujara with a rip-snorter. Eventually, Hazlewood’s figures of 6/67 were a testimony of an immaculate line and length. The right-hander helped keep the target below 200, an achievable one, although India’s bowling coupled with the pitch conditions made it an impossible one.